I hope this redeems me in all your eyes. By the end I hope the clubs and other various weapons are put safely away and all of you want to give me a big hug.
Edward was beyond confused. The sisters were sad but there was a glimmer of hope in all their thoughts. He had to really concentrate to understand what they were all thinking and even then he could only 'hear' one at a time. Jasper was having the hardest time. Alice was in so much pain that Jasper couldn't even try to help. Her heartbreak had put him on his knees already and he was still barely coping.
Esme was the first to speak after Bella's heart had stopped. "Carlisle, why didn't you help her? Even if you could not change her you could have tried to help her medically." Esme was so very confused. She knew that Carlisle was a great doctor, one of the best to ever grace the earth but he did nothing to help Bella.
"Esme dear, there was nothing I could do. Leo works with me at the hospital and is one of the best doctors I have ever seen. If there was nothing he could do then there was nothing I could do."
"But…." Esme was at a loss for words. They had failed Alice; their pixie of a daughter had finally found happiness or at least was about to and before they could do anything that possibility of happiness was ripped from in front of them.
Rosalie in her true bitch fashion had no regard for the grieving going around her. "What the hell was all that, and what do you mean she was not 'human' enough for you to 'heal' her? I want an explanation and I want it now? "
"Rosalie Haley Cullen, watch your mouth! Have some compassion." Scolded Esme.
"I would listen to your mother is I were you Blondie. The rage and anger coming off you right now is a load of bull shit. Our sister just died protecting not only your family but your husband and you have to gull to be a bitch to us about her. HOW DARE YOU?" hissed Phoebe. She had had enough. The blonde was really starting to make her angry.
"What are you going to do about it?" challenged Rosalie.
As one the surviving sister rose to their feet and faced Rosalie. It was Prue who spoke, "What are we going to do about it? Hah, you must think your hot shit, but in reality you are nothing but a spoiled child. You want to know what we can do, here's a small taste of the powers we posses." Like an unspoken plan Prue levitated Rosalie into the air while Piper froze the rest. Phoebe proceeded into the air and put both her hands on Rosalie's face. She bombarded the bitchy blonde with the worst memories us her life, all of which contained Bella.
"It's not what were going to do it's what we can do. It's what she has gone through. So just shut up. If you can't say something nice then just shut up!" Simultaneously Prue dropped Rosalie while Piper unfroze the rest of her family. It was then that Coop and Leo called attention to themselves and where they were still holding Bella.
"You guys need to quit arguing. We have company on the way and Bella was the only one who can handle them."
"What kind of company?" asked Phoebe
"Her kind" was all that Coop said while looking at Bella's body.
"Damn, damn, double damn."
"What are we missing? If we are supposed to help we need to know what we are facing." Questioned the ever thinking Jasper.
"There's someone coming to kill Bella." Alice interrupted before Phoebe could continue.
"Yeah well they're a little late." Laughed Alice darkly; she never took her eyes off of Bella's face as she said this. In fact it was the first she had moved since grabbing Bella's hand right after she collapsed to the ground.
"Bella's rapier." Commanded Paige and the blade materialized in her hand. "If they're still coming that means she's not dead." Stated Paige with conviction.
"What are you stupid?" sneered Rosalie. "She's dead, her hearts not beating. No one can come back from being dead. No one."
"That's where you're wrong Blondie. Immortals can, and Bella's one of them, so is the person coming to kill her only they'll make sure she can't come back."
Out of nowhere everyone whipped their heads to look at Bella. She had gasped a noise of pure pain.
"Bloody hell! That one hurt. Wasn't sure if I was coming back from that, it took longer than it has in almost fifty years. Goddess what a headache, and why am I so… Shit!" Bella sprung to her feet and turned to her family. "Paige can you get my…." She didn't even get to finish the question before Paige held the blade out to her.
"Already got it sis. You were out for almost fifteen minutes that time. Is everything okay?"
"I'm not sure yet, I feel a little out of it still. I was farther gone then I've ever been when I died. It really messed me up, I think."
The bewildered looks of the Cullens would have comical if the situation was not so dire. Alice snapped out of her haze first. She flung herself at Bella and wrapped her arms around the freshly alive Halliwell. She couldn't stop herself. Not even thinking she gently grabbed Bella's face and angled it so she could kiss her, and boy did she. The kiss was full of passion and desperation. Bella at first didn't know how to respond but in less than a second she was plundering Alice's mouth for all she was worth.
The others who had started to recover once again just stood there stunned. Alice's hands had moved their way into Bella's hair and as they passed through it lightening danced along her fingers but she didn't seem to notice. Bella's hands now occupied a spot on Alice's beautiful behind and was in the process of lifting off the ground when their moment of pure bliss was broken by both Emmett and Coop letting loose with a wolf whistle.
Their prospective mates smacked them upside the back of the head but it did little good, the mood was already gone. "Alice, I need you to get everyone out of here. Someone dangerous is coming and I need you all to be safe."
"I'm not going anywhere Bella. And we are most certainly not letting you stay here by yourself when something dangerous is on the way." The rest of the argument was cut short when a bike pulled off the road and headed right towards them. Bella's once anxious feeling turned to one of mirth. She knee that bike and she most definitely knew that rider.
The bike came to a skidding halt at Bella's feet and the driver got off with a certain sway to her hips. "Hello lover." Came the voice from inside the helmet. "Have you missed me kitten?" With that the rider pulled off her full face helmet and swept off the bike with her black leather duster trailing behind her.
"Amanda!" squealed Bella. Everyone around her shaking their heads to get the ringing out of their brains. "You gave us quite a scare. I thought you were someone coming to kill me." And with that Bella jumped into the bleach blonde's arms.
"Like I could ever kill you kitten." She started to swing Bella around in her arms planting kisses all over her face and head. They only stopped when Alice's growl became too loud to ignore.
"Oh kitten, you finally found her. I'm so happy for you." Amanda then placed Bella back on her feet before planting one last kiss on the top of her head. "Maybe you should explain how we know each other before she decided to kill her 'competition'. Bella actually blushed, Amanda was one of the few people who could bring it out in her and she did so with relish.
"Yeah I guess I better." Said Bella sheepishly for all to hear.
"Before you do I suggest we move this to your house. I heard a rumor that Victoria and her plaything James were on their way to come see you. And we both know what their idea of talking is."
"Yeah, me without a head and her gaining everything I knew through a quickening."
"Yeah, and the real kicker is she apparently has a lot of backup. We don't know who and we don't know how but she's got it in spades."
"We?"
"Yeah 'we', Mac 's in Seattle and should be here by the end of the day."
"You and Duncan both, bloody hell. This is serious. Anyone else I should know about?"
"Not as of yet but if this escalates we'll bring the whole team in on it. I know you all have questions," she said while looking at the Cullens, "but we really need to get to their house. It's not safe out here."
"Alright let's go then. Right now I'm faster on foot then in any car. I'll just meet you all there."
"Iz, I think your forgetting something." When Bella just gave her a questioning look Piper continued. "The wards, they can't get through unless they enter in 'perfect love and perfect trust', and right now Blondie over there would rather see you dead."
Huffing a little Bella addressed the Cullens, "If any of you have ill will, of any sort towards me or my family you won't be able to come on our property. Rosalie, I know that for whatever reason you hate me, and I'm sorry for that. Whatever I did to cause it, I'm sorry. If you give me the chance I will do everything in my power to fix it." Finishing her little speech Bella hung her head and shoulders in defeat. Rosalie reminded her so much of that innocent she failed to save, the girl whose death haunted her for so many years. The fact that she hated her only made the pain of her failure worse.
Jasper was only feeling occasional flares from Bella but what he got was passed along to Rosalie. She just glared at her brother and raised an eyebrow. "Just thought I would let you know what your bitchiness does to others." He said.
"Let's go. I still have a little energy to burn off and the run will help. See y'all back at the house." Her family, including Amanda all laughed at the southern twang that had snuck into Bella's voice. Her first quickening had gave it to her and although the memories of that time weren't the happiest the accent sure did make for fun times in the Halliwell household.
Before anyone could protest to Bella's command she was off, running as fast as any of the vampires. Alice was quick to follow while the rest of the families packed into their cars and peeled off down the road toward the Halliwell estate.
Bella slowed down so that Alice could catch her and the pair finished their run hand in hand.
So what do y'all think. I hope the wait wasn't too long. I know you all have lots of questions and starting with the next chapter I'm hoping to give you lots of answers.